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Cordova geolocation Android

Gerald_C_ — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:06:49 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm having an issue with Cordova's Geolocation plugin on Android devices (and the emulator too).

First off the plugin works fine on the iphone emulator but when I try to get my location using the code:

var suc = function(p){       
        if (p.coords.latitude != undefined)
        {
            if(!is_requesting)
                findEvents(p.coords.latitude, p.coords.longitude, isForMap);          
        }
    };
    var fail = function(errorObj){
        alert("geolocation failed");  
    };
    var options = {
        maximumAge: 90000,
        timeout: 50000,
        enableHighAccuracy: true
    };
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(suc,fail,options);

On Android this just times out and give me the error object message:
"Timeout expired"

I've tried setting enableHighAccuracy to true (and false) but neither seems to fix my problem.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!!!

Many thanks!

Did you enable to Cordova

John_H_Intel2 — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:23:57 GMT

Did you enable to Cordova geolocation plugin?

Yes I enabled the geolocation

Gerald_C_ — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:29:23 GMT

Yes I enabled the geolocation plugin as the plugin works fine on iPhone emulators....

Only on the android emulators and phones, I am unable to get a geolocation...

Please take a look at

Anusha_M_Intel1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:31:34 GMT

Please take a look at Question 21 on the this FAQs page and see if it is of help to you: https://software.intel.com/en-us/xdk/faqs/cordova

Q21: How do I resolve Geolocation issues with Cordova [Plugin]

Thanks Anusha!

Gerald_C_ — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:18:00 GMT

Thanks Anusha!

Weirdly enough, when I actually built the app and installed it on my phone (so not using the emulator) the app was able to retrieve a GPS coordinate so I think that possibly the plugin may not work on the emulator!

Thanks again tho, that FAQ looks really useful!

I am glad it worked out for

Anusha_M_Intel1 — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:15:55 GMT

I am glad it worked out for you and Thank You for your support!